On your 6-day accelerated Azure Administrator course, you'll get the skills you need as an Azure Administrator to implement, monitor and maintain Azure solutions, from storage to security and networking. You'll gain expert understanding of service capabilities within Microsoft Azure cloud.

Your expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) will immerse you in the curriculum with our unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, helping you to build and retain information faster. You'll also have lab access 24/7 at the training centre, so you can test your skills and make the most of your stay.

You'll also learn how to:

Manage Azure subscriptions and resources

Implement and manage storage

Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs)

Configure and manage virtual networks

Manage identities

Evaluate and perform server migration to Azure

Implement and manage application services

Implement advanced virtual networking

Secure identities

You'll benefit from the latest, up-to-date Microsoft courseware and practice papers, as Firebrand is a Microsoft Learning Partner.

You'll also be prepared for exam AZ-100: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment and exam AZ-101: Microsoft Azure Integration and Security. You'll sit these exams at the Firebrand Training Centre during the course, covered by your Certification Guarantee.

If you're an Azure Administrator who manages cloud services that span across a variety of cloud capabilities, this course is ideal for you.

AZ-100T01-A: Manage Subscriptions and Resources

Module 1: Managing Azure Subscriptions

In this module, you'll learn about the components that make up an Azure subscription and how management groups are used to organise subscriptions into containers to allow you to control organisational governance and policy management across subscriptions. As well as learning about the different available types of subscription, you'll see how to apply tags to your Azure resources to logically organise them by categories.

Lessons

Overview of Azure Subscriptions

Billing

Azure Policy

After completing this module, you’ll will be able:

Manage Azure subscriptions and billing, and implement Azure policies.

Module 2: Access Management for Cloud Resources

In this module you will learn the basics of role-based access control as it applies to users and groups. Focus on the administrator role and how it used in Azure.

Module 3: Monitoring and Diagnostics

In this module, you learn about the Azure Monitor and the many capabilities to ensure your Azure architecture is working correctly. Monitoring skills are explained in this first course and then demonstrated in the following courses. The two main elements explained in this module are Azure Alerts and Azure Activity Log.

Lessons

Exploring Monitoring Capabilities in Azure

Azure Alerts

Azure Activity Log

After completing this module, you’ll will be able:

Use Azure Monitor to configure Azure alerts and review the Azure Activity Log.

Module 4: Log Analytics

In this module, you will focus on Log Analytics. Log Analytics provides a way for you to collect, analyse, and query all types of connected data. It is a very powerful tool.

Lessons

Introduction to Log Analytics

Querying and Analysing Log Analytics Data

After completing this module, you’ll will be able:

Query and analyse Log Analytics data.

Module 5: Azure Resource Manager

In this module, you will learn about how resources are organised into resource groups and how ARM templates are used to deploy those resources. This module introduces the concepts and then they are applied in the other courses.

Lessons

ARM templates

Resource Groups

After completing this module, you’ll will be able:

Deploy resources with ARM templates and organise Azure resources.

Module 6: Azure Tips, Tricks, and Tools

This last module is provided to help you get the most from your administrative tools. This include the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and Resource Explorer.

Lessons

Azure Portal

Azure Tools and Environment

After completing this module, you’ll will be able:

Optimise your use of Azure tools like the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Cloud Shell and the Azure CLI.

AZ-100T02-A: Implementing and Managing Storage

Module 1: Overview of Azure Storage

In this module, you'll learn about storage accounts - Standard and Premium - as well as storage endpoints and how to configure custom domain accounts. You'll have an opportunity to practice creating and managing storage accounts. The module also covers data replication and provides a comparison of the different available replication schemes. You'll be introduced to Azure Storage Explorer, a utility that lets you easily work with and manipulate Azure Storage data.

Module 2: Storage Services

In this module, you'll learn about the disks component of Azure Storage as it relates to virtual machines. Disks are how virtual machines store their VHD files. You will learn about the types of disks and storage and how Azure simplifies IaaS disk management by creating and managing the storage accounts associated with the virtual machine disks. You will also learn about how Azure blob storage stores unstructured data in the cloud as objects, or blobs (BLOB = binary large object). And you"ll explore Azure Files, which offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The other file storage options covered in the module are Tables and Queues for structured storage.

Module 3: Securing and Managing Storage

In this module, discover how a shared access signature (SAS) can be used to provide delegated access to resources in storage accounts, allowing clients access to those resources with sharing the storage account keys. You'll also learn how to use Azure backup as a cloud-based solution for an existing on-premises or off-site backup and data protection solution. This module also covers Azure File Sync as a way to centralise an organisation's file shares in Azure Files, and using Windows Server to cache the Azure file share locally, thus enabling scenarios such as "lift and shift", backup and disaster recovery, and file archiving.

Module 4: Storing and Accessing Data

In this module, you'll learn about using a content delivery network (CDN) to deliver cached content that is stored on a distributed network of edge servers closer to end-users. You'll also learn how to transfer large amount of data to and from the cloud using the Azure Import/Export service.

Lessons

Azure Content Delivery Network

Import and Export service

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Store and access data using Azure Content Delivery Network, and the Import and Export service.

Module 5: Monitoring Storage

In this module, you will learn techniques for monitoring the health of Azure storage. With metrics and alerts you can check a variety of performance metrics and send notifications to your system administrator team. With the Activity Log you can search and query for specific events, even across subscriptions.

Lessons

Metrics and Alerts

Activity Log

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Monitor Azure storage with metrics and alerts, and the Activity Log.

AZ-100T03-A: Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines

Module 1: Overview of Azure Machines

In this module, you'll will be introduced to Azure virtual machines. What are virtual machines and what operating systems are supported? How can you determine if your existing virtual machines can be supported in Azure? What pricing and sizing options are available?

Module 2: Creating Virtual Machines

In this module, you will learn how to create and configure Windows virtual machines. You will practice in the Azure portal, in Azure PowerShell, and with ARM templates.

Lessons

Overview of the Virtual Machine Creation Overview

Creating Virtual Machines in the Azure Portal

Creating Virtual Machines (PowerShell)

Creating Virtual Machines using ARM Templates

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Create Windows virtual machines in the Azure Portal, with Azure PowerShell, or using ARM Templates.

Module 3: Deploying Virtual Machine Images

In this module, you will learn how to create custom virtual machines in Azure. For example, deploying a server image that is in your on-premises datacenter. You will also learn how to create and connect to Linux virtual machines.

Lessons

Deploying Custom Images

Deploying Linux Virtual Machines

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Deploy custom server images and Linux virtual machines.

Module 4: Configuring Virtual Machines

In this module, you will learn about the two main configuration areas for virtual machines: networking and storage. In the networking lesson, we will cover IP addressing, network interfaces, and network security groups. In the storage lesson, we will cover virtual machine disks, managed disks, attaching/detaching disks, and uploading disks.

Lessons

Overview of Virtual Machine Configuration

Virtual Machine Networking

Virtual Machine Storage

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Configure virtual machine networking and storage options.

Module 5: Configuring Availability and Extensibility

In this module, you will learn how to keep your virtual machines highly available with update and fault domains, and availability sets. You will also learn how to use scale sets to increase and decrease the number of the virtual machines as the workload changes. Lastly, virtual machines can be extended through custom scripts and Desired State Configuration.

Module 6: Managing and Monitoring Virtual Machines

In this module, you will learn the very important tasks of backing up your virtual machines and monitoring their overall health. You will practice backing up and restoring virtual machines. You will learn about monitoring, diagnostics, and Azure Advisor.

Lessons

Backup and Restore

Monitoring Virtual Machines

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Backup, restore, and monitor virtual machines.

AZ-100T04-A: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

Module 1: Azure Virtual Networks

In this module, you'll will be introduced to Azure virtual networks. What are virtual networks and how are they organised? How do you create and configure virtual networks with templates, PowerShell, CLI, or the Azure portal? What is the difference between public, private, static, and dynamic IP addressing? How are system routes, routing tables, and routing algorithms used?

Module 2: Azure DNS

In this module, you will learn about DNS basics and specifically implementing Azure DNS. In the DNS Basics lesson you will review DNS domains, zones, record types, and resolution methods. In the Azure DNS lesson, we will cover delegation, metrics, alerts, and DNS hosting schemes.

Module 3: Securing Virtual Network Resources

In this module, you will learn primarily about Network Security Groups (NSGs) including NSG rules and NSG scenarios. You will also learn how to implement NSGs considering service endpoints, logging, troubleshooting, and other network traffic.

Module 4: Connecting Virtual Networks

In this module, you will learn about two specific types of intersite connectivity: VNet-to-VNet connections and VNet Peering. In both cases, you will learn when to choose which connectivity method, and how to implement and configure the method.

AZ-100T05-A: Manage Identities

Module 1: Managing Azure Active Directory

In this module, you'll will be introduced to Azure Active Directory. What is Azure Active Directory and how is it different from Active Directory Domain Services? What is Self-Service Password Reset and how is it configured? How can Azure AD Identity protection improve your security posture. How do you integrate SaaS applications with Azure AD?

Module 2: Managing Azure Active Directory Objects

In this module, you will learn the basics of implementing Azure AD objects. These objects include domains and tenants, users and groups, roles, and devices. In each lesson you will practice how to configure these objects through the portal and with Azure PowerShell. The Azure roles lesson will be your introduction to role-based access control.

Lessons

Azure Domains and Tenants

Azure Users and Groups

Azure Roles

Managing Devices

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Configure domains and tenants, users and groups, roles, and devices.

Module 3: Implementing and Managing Hybrid Identities

In this module, you will learn how to integrate Active Directory with your existing infrastructure. You will learn about different authentication options like AD Connect, Single Sign On, and Pass-through authentication. You will also learn how to configure Azure AD Application Proxy and how it is used.

AZ-101T01-A: Migrate Servers to Azure

Module 1: Managing Azure Active Directory

In this module, you will be introduced to Azure migration projects and specifically Azure Migrate. Azure Migrate will be your tool of choice for automated server discovery and workload sizing. You will step through the process of using Azure Migrate to create a project, create a collector, assess machine readiness, and estimate cost.

Lessons

Overview of Cloud Migration

Azure Migrate: The Process

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Use Azure Migrate to discover and assess on-premises virtual machine migration to Azure.

Module 2: Azure Site Recovery

In this module, you will be introduced to Azure Site Recovery (ASR). ASR will be your primary tool for migrating workloads to Azure. You will learn which scenarios are most appropriate for ASR and the features that the product provides. You will also learn how to use the ASR deployment planner to ensure your infrastructure is ready for migration. Lastly, you will walk through the process of implementing ASR on a Hyper-V infrastructure.

Lessons

Overview of ASR

Preparing the Infrastructure

Completing the Migration Process

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Use Azure Site Recovery to migrate Hyper-V infrastructures to Azure.

Module 3: Additional Migration Scenarios

In this module, you will complete your study of Azure migration by looking at two different migration scenarios. In the first scenario you will see how to migrate VMware vSphere Hypervisor virtual machines to Azure using ASR. In the second video series we will migrate System Center VMM Hyper-V machines.

AZ-101T02-A: Implementing and Managing Application Services

Module 1: Introducing the Azure App Service Platform

In this module, you will be introduced to the Azure App Services Platform. You will learn about app service plans, web app hosting options, app service scenarios and how to monitor apps. You will also learn about how to isolate apps with App Service Environments.

Lessons

Introducing Azure App Service

App Service Environments

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Implement use cases and configuration options for Azure App Services and App Service Environments.

Module 2: Managing and Securing Web Apps

In this module, you will learn how to deploy your app with minimal downtime. You will also learn how to backup, restore, snapshot, and clone your app. Lastly, you will implement security features like authentication options and authentication providers.

Module 3: Scaling and Performance

In this module, you will learn how to ensure your app performs under various workloads. You will learn how to scale up and scale out your app. You will learn how to automatically scale your app and to grow out the app through geo-distribution. Lastly you will learn how CDN provides a way to optimise bandwidth and web traffic.

Module 4: Deploying Serverless Computing Solutions

In the module, you will learn what serverless computing is and what it provides. You will implement three serverless computing solutions: Azure Functions, Event Grid, and Service Bus. Azure Functions provide small pieces of code, or "functions," that run in the cloud. Event Grid is a service for managing routing of all events from any source to any destination. Service Bus multi-tenant cloud messaging service that sends information between applications and services.

Lessons

Serverless Computing Concepts

Managing Azure Functions

Managing Event Grid

Managing Service Bus

Managing Logic App

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Deploy serverless computing features like Azure Functions, Event Grid, and Service Bus.

AZ-101T03-A: Implement Advanced Virtual Networking

Module 1: Distributing Network Traffic

In this module, you will learn about three ways to distribute network traffic: Azure Load Balancer, Azure Traffic Manager, and Azure Application Gateway. The Azure Load Balancer delivers high availability and network performance to your applications. The Azure Traffic Manager allows you to control the distribution of user traffic to your service endpoints. The Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications.

Module 2: Site Connectivity

In this module, you will learn and implement two ways to connect your virtual networks: Site-to-Site VPN Connections and ExpressRoute. Site-to-Site VPN connections provide secure tunneling for cross-premises and hybrid configurations. ExpressRoute extends your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a dedicated private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider.

Implement and configure Network Watcher and troubleshooting common network issues.

AZ-101T04-A: Secure Identities

Module 1: Introduction to Identity Protection in Azure

In this module, you'll learn about Role-Based Access Control as the foundation to organising and managing an organisation's administrative access based on the principle of least privilege. You will also review Azure Active Directory concepts, as well as gaining insight into the threat landscape and security risks that are exposed to IT organizations through breach of privileged access.

Lessons

Role-Based Access Control

Azure Active Directory (Refresher)

Protecting Privileged Access in the Environment

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Use Azure RBAC to grant a granular level of access based on an administrator's assigned tasks.

Module 2: Using Multi-Factor Authentication for Secure Access

In this module, you'll learn about securing the sign-in process through Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). You'll learn how MFA works and the differences in implementation between on-premises and cloud scenarios. You'll also learn about using conditional access policies to provide more fine-grained control over apps and resources in your environment.

Lessons

Introducing Multi-Factor Authentication

Implementing MFA

After completing this module, you’ll will be able to:

Use Azure Multi-Factor Authentication to configure a strong authentication for users at sign-in.

Module 3: Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

In this module, you'll learn how to use Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to enable just-in-time administration and control the number of users who can perform privileged operations. You'll also learn about the different directory roles available as well as newer functionality that includes PIM being expanded to role assignments at the resource level.

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